Carfury Standing Stone, Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

#18 among attractions in Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

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Carfury Standing Stone is a standing stone in Penwith, Cornwall, about 4km northwest of Penzance. Also called Cuckoo Rock, the stone stands around 3m tall and is 0.7m wide by 0.4m thick. ()

Coordinates: 50°9'2"N, 5°35'6"W

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Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty United Kingdom

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Carfury Standing Stone – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Madron Well, Mên-an-Tol, Lanyon Quoit, Boskednan stone circle.

0.8 miSE
Church
Madron Well, Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
22 min walk • Madron Well and Madron Well Chapel is a scheduled Ancient Monument in the civil parish of Madron, Cornwall, UK. Madron Well Chapel is the ruin of a 12th- or 14th-century chapel dedicated to St Madern and occupies the site of a much older Celtic structure.
1 miNW
Iconic Bronze Age stone monument
Mên-an-Tol, Madron and Sancreed
27 min walk • The Mên-an-Tol is a small formation of standing stones in Cornwall, UK. It is about three miles northwest of Madron. It is also known locally as the "Crick Stone".
0.7 miW
Prehistoric site, Ruins
Lanyon Quoit, Madron and Sancreed
17 min walk • Lanyon Quoit is a dolmen in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 2 miles southeast of Morvah. It collapsed in a storm in 1815 and was re-erected nine years later, and as a result the dolmen is now very different from its original appearance.
0.8 miNW
Prehistoric site
Boskednan stone circle
20 min walk • Boskednan stone circle is a partially restored prehistoric stone circle near Boskednan, around 4 miles northwest of the town of Penzance in Cornwall, United Kingdom.
0.4 miNW
Archaeological site
Ding Dong mines, Madron and Sancreed
11 min walk • The Ding Dong mines lie in an old and extensive mining area situated in the parish of Madron, in Penwith, Cornwall, England. They are about two miles north east of the St Just to Penzance road. They look out over Mount's Bay and St Michael's Mount to the south west.
1.1 miNW
Memorial
Mên Scryfa, Pendeen
30 min walk • Mên Scryfa is an inscribed standing stone in Cornwall, United Kingdom.
0.6 miW
Prehistoric site
Bosiliack Barrow, Pendeen
15 min walk • Bosiliack Barrow is a barrow on the Penwith Moors between Madron and Morvah near the hamlet of Bosiliack in Cornwall, UK. The barrow is Neolithic and was excavated in 1984, causing little disturbance to the ancient site.
1.1 miNE
Archaeological site
Mulfra Quoit, Penzance
29 min walk • Mulfra Quoit is a Neolithic dolmen in the county of Cornwall in England. It stands on Mulfra Hill to the north of the hamlet of Mulfra.

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Which popular attractions are close to Carfury Standing Stone?

Nearby attractions include Ding Dong mines, Madron and Sancreed (11 min walk), Bosiliack Barrow, Pendeen (15 min walk), Lanyon Quoit, Madron and Sancreed (17 min walk), Madron Well, Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (22 min walk).